Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s Information Commissioner ( Information Commissioner’s Office ) published a great blog on the use of facial recognition in public: […]
Opinion
Following the horrendous terrorist attack in Manchester, our thoughts are foremost with those who have lost friends and […]
On the Recent Terrorist Attack in Manchester
Completely disagree with the BBC’s decision to not stop using the term Islamic State and absolutely agree with […]
Time to Stop Using the Term “Islamic State”
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Merry Christmas from Allevate and Looking Forward to what the ...
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2 Follow @Allevate You can download a PDF copy of this article by clicking this link. The accuracy of facial […]
Article: Facial Recognition: Profit, Ethics and Privacy
Interesting article in London’s Independent newspaper on CCTV surveillance and face biometrics. Especially interesting is the view of […]
“From grainy CCTV to a positive ID: Recognising the benefits ...
The UK Department of Education has announced that schools will no longer be permitted to take pupils’ fingerprints or other […]
UK Schools banned from fingerprinting pupils without parental consent
2 News that the Iris biometric gates at Manchester and Birmingham airports have been turned off has been widely […]
Does turning off the Iris system at Manchester and Birmingham ...
[polldaddy poll=5808478] Turkey, Brunei, Nigeria and Poland are just some of the countries that have already announced biometric ATMs, […]
Biometrics in Banking
2 Of late there have been repeated calls on Twitter for biometric suppliers to publicly release statistics pertaining to […]
On Biometric Suppliers Publishing Accuracy Figures
The news last week that Brodie Clarke and Graeme Kyle were suspended from the UK Borders Agency following […]
UK BA Suspensions
1 Biometric security: More bottom-line benefits, less James Bond Carl Gohringer December 03, 2003 Bond movies will always be […]
Biometric security: More bottom-line benefits, less James Bond
While I understand the premise of the “Occupy” demonstrations, I can’t help but feel that they would be […]
Occupy
Allevate Presenting at Biometrics 2011 Synopsis Recent advances in the accuracy of face recognition are resulting in an […]
In the wake of the London riots, is the privacy ...
6 A Surveillance Society? I’m sat in Heathrow waiting for an early morning departure for a business trip. Sipping […]